Developers now have access to free and inexpensive developer tools that can help find and fix many common application problems. These new APM tools are now an essential part of every developer’s tool set. Show me the tools!

This year I got the worst April Fools joke. I was laid off. For the first time in my life I was without a job. I came to the rude awakening that things were much different than the last time I had search ...

I've always avoided using the Windows Insider programme. I need to able to depend on my computer for my work, and accepting the greater risk of early builds is not really compatible with that. However, ...

There are tons of front end frameworks to choose from, and getting good with them is no small task. But sharpening your core JavaScript skills can make you better at all front-end frameworks. By thoroughly ...

We're celebrating the power of tech skills all day today, and going live to talk with some of the most influential names in tech.Watch it live now!!!No sign-up required, just click and watch.Schedule(All ...

So, devops documentation can be really rough. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to run a new pipeline with expected parameters. This is for multi-stage pipelines. The pipeline yaml looked ...

If you want to rocket your Kubernetes Administration skills to the next level, here's a list of great Kubernetes courses you can take right now. This is suited well for folks wanting to get into Kubernetes, ...

In March I bought a broadband connection due to Covid19 lock-down. First I pay 3500 inr (For Installation) which I never get proper receipt for. The person took the money and setup the internet.Curiously ...

From years I was using Windows. Windows 10 was good OS for use when you work with mostly dotnet kind of things. You have a best editor to use that is Visual Studio 2019.I was using my windows machine for ...

The Folding at Home research project uses crowd sourced CPU power to help model simulations to develop treatments for diseases. You can help them by taking 5 minutes to download their client, and donate ...

In Azure DevOps we have a build that is running on an Unix box. The build started to fail (see text below) and the solution was to generate new ssh keys on the Unix box (ssh –keygen) and then add them ...

This article was originally posted on my programming blog on Feburary 15th, 2020Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is awesome.It gives you the power to use Linux within your Windows system. A Linux shell ...

Problem: Trying to open an Aspose produced .docx gives an “unreadable content” error. The file will still open up in MSWord but you have to click past warning messages. Interestingly enough, if you open ...

To test out the MAP Toolkit, I wanted to have some Linux machines for it to detect. I created a virtual machine with an empty virtual had drive file and associated the latest Mint ISO file to the DVD drive.On ...

In my test environment, which isn't optimally configured, new installations can't find the domain as they are not pointing to the domain's DNS. Instead they default to the hub which forwards all DNS requests ...

This was article originally posted on my Linux Blog.A new Linux distribution has been popping up in discussion circles everywhere, it’s Pop! OS. What is it and why are people so crazy about it?I’ll give ...

Fixing Chrome not autofilling passwords on Mac - without deleting Chrome profiles and settings:Chrome passwords not autofilling The solution Deleting the files Login Data and Login Data-journal from a ...

A generous contact has loaned me a rack mounted server to turn into a Windows Hyper-V host. I don't have a rack to mount the machine in so have made use of a glass and chrome TV stand instead. Screams ...

A little too late, it could be argued, I’ve decided to refresh my Windows server skills to improve my job prospects. Looking at my MCSE certification, the story is quite woeful. Although I was sitting ...

Replace the Recirculation Air Flap Servo Motor. It’s not hard. And the fix works like a champ. It got so bad I drove around with the defroster on high and the window cracked open. In the Minnesota cold, ...

This was article originally posted on my Linux Blog.The Pinebook Pro is a $200 laptop that runs a couple of ARM processors, and it promises a lot. Does it deliver? After what seemed like an eternity waiting, ...

This was article originally posted on my Programming Blog.I’m introducing a text / code generation tool that you will fall in love with. If you’re a developer or someone who works with text or tabulated ...

My wife has finally replaced her desktop with a new one, releasing the old one for me to make into a test server. It's 64-bit so can run Windows 2016 datacentre edition which I download an evaluation version ...

Common solutions to this issue: The specified version of Microsoft.NetCore.App or Microsoft.AspNetCore.App was not found. Looking on the server in the Event Viewer Application log I see a message “can’t ...

This was article originally posted on my Programming Blog.A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article about building and deploying a Blazor app without touching a Windows machine and realized maybe I should ...

We got this coding against the Hyland OnBase api. So code like this: Core.FileTypes.Find(x); Will work if x is “MS Word Document”, but if it is not a known type then x will be null. Passing x later into ...

This was article originally posted on my Programming Blog.Do you want to try out Blazor, but you’re not a Windows person? Strictly a Linux developer? We’ll you’re in luck. One of the goals of .NET Core ...

In ASP.NET CORE we can create the project through CLI, For example you need to create a project named Contoso, You need to create a folder Contoso.On Windows you can simply do it using md command, like ...

After a long hiatus finally created a full stack engineering publication on medium.https://medium.com/u... (subscribe to get notifications of newly published tutorials)Topics covered (to be covere)1. ...

I recently had the need to rescue a laptop that had no rescue disk. The MBR was messed up. Fairly easy to fix (not the subject of this article), if you can boot from the original installation DVD. Having ...

Microsoft has a great collection of pre-built solutions for Azure Automation that you can leverage to realize many common use cases. One of these common scenarios is when a company has many virtual machines ...

This was article originally posted on my Programming Blog.It’s a bold claim to say an IDE extension can make you a better developer, but you should install this new Pluralsight extension and see for yourself. ...

Pluralsight is launching its brand new podcast today, All Hands on Tech.For our first episode, I got the opportunity to speak with the one and only Scott Allen!If you’re a .NET Developer you likely already ...

This was article originally posted on my Linux Blog.I've been using Linux since 1996, and I've used so many distributions I've lost count. In fact, I'm kind of weirdo about it. I love spinning up new distributions ...

This was article originally posted on my Programming Blog.Application Pools in IIS can be somewhat of a mystery. Since they’re created for you automatically many times Administrators don’t give them a ...

A few weeks ago, I got an early opportunity to test out the new Logitech MX Series Mouse and Keyboard "designed specifically for Software Developers" (as opposed to most high-end stuff which appeals to ...

This was article originally posted on my Programming Blog. Get notified when new tutorials are published! Ever since the dark ages of 2011 when my manager suggested signing up for Pluralsight, I have been ...

ArchitectureWhat is the “environment” The application environment consists in 3 main areas: Infrastructure Configuration Dependencies Infrastructure is the most important element of the environment, as ...

Notes or ways to say and convey ideas:I am close to that problem.The problem we are facing is:while triaging issue, errors came that prevented moving forwardin order to update status on issues, these conditions ...

It has been forever since I have posted to this blog. Since I have spending all my time working on a revision of a .NET Windows Service and ASP.NET Web Forms application I have been feeling the need to ...

I have been blogging since December 2013. It was my New Year's resolution for 2014 to write 2 blog posts a month for that year. I followed my resolution until September (not too shabby). However, I still ...

This was article originally posted on my Programming Blog.Building software is easy. Building well designed, good software is hard. Very hard. I've been writing code since the 90s, and first got paid to ...

We held another successful SharePoint (and Office 365) Saturday in Charlotte yesterday (August 10, 2019). Great turnout for attendees, speakers, and sponsors. I presented an updated version of the talk ...